Monthly Archives: October 2009

Air Force Bugbots

The US military has been working for a while on tiny, buglike drones — to serve as miniature flying spies, Defense Department robot-makers say. But this video, from the Air Force Research Laboratory, shows that the military is also interested in turning these “Micro Air Vehicles,” or mavs, into biomorphic weapons that can lie in secret for weeks at a time — and then strike an adversary with lethal accuracy. “Individual mavs may perform direct-attack missions,” says the video’s gravelly voiced narrator.

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Glass Half Full – Aviation Week

The National Business Aviation Association’s 62nd Annual Meeting & Convention began today with the usual fanfare. The three-day event kicked off with a General Session, which, unlike past years, was held on the convention floor. …

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A boy was found in an aircraft thousands of feet in the air …

A boy was found in an aircraft thousands of feet in the air. It appeared to be his father’s project, mistakenly taken off. Well… I’m sure When he gets down he’ll be Grounded.

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Summit Aviation Digital Reference Library vs. the FAR/AIM Book …

Every flight student is issued a reference book – the Federal Aviation Regulations and the Aeronautical Information Manual (combined, called the FAR/AIM.) / What most of those flight students (and many aviation professionals) don’t …

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